>This seems to be what is happening.
>
>FORM_1 wants to "finish" Alt+F, and this way gets focus after FORM_2 has started.
>How can I make FORM_1 "finish" Alt+F before I start FORM_2?
>Using Alt+key to activate the menu is standard menu-behavior and has to stay that way.
>
>Rolf

Rolf, what about this :

Have some "state" variable or attribute that ALT-F was just performed, and trap that in FORM_1.Activate. Now there put the FORM_2.Show(). I bet this works ...